Recipe #6: quesadillas? or enfrijoladas?
When I was a young adult in the 1980s and 90s, there was a El Salvadoran gem of a restaurant in Guelph, Ontario called Latinos. It was one of my favourite restaurants of all time. I always had the same things and they never disappointed: an appetizer called Nachos Deliciosos, and a main dish called Enfrijoladas. We’ll talk about the delicious nachos appetizer another time. Today is all about the enfrijoladas. At Latinos, the dish came with two folded corn tortillas filled with their brilliant black beans and cheese, fried on both sides, and served with sour cream, salsa, and hot sauce, with a side of their special rice pilaf and a little salad. Sadly, Latinos is gone. And after a period of despair and grief came the time to try to figure out how to move on with my life. Which meant trying to recreate their bean and cheese enfrijoladas on my own. When I searched for a recipe for enfrijoladas on the internet, I never came up with a satisfying recipe that seemed right. Most of...